Illustrated Stories Using Light and Shadows

Meet Ina, who tells you how she started out in the illustration field, and discover her fascination with ancient stories, as well as her other sources of inspiration.

See the material you’ll need for the course, and the basic elements that a drawing includes, such as the dot, line, texture, and silhouette. Then, start to draw and practice, exploring the graphical possibilities that start with a simple stroke.

See some references, analyzing the meaning of light and shadows in prints, illustrations, animations, and shadow theater.

Ina teaches her process to approach your illustrated book. Select the stories you want to illustrate, working on the conceptualization and getting to grips with some techniques to start drawing your first sketches. Learn how to use digital brushes to create the silhouette of your image that will define the frames of your composition, thinking about the elements that you will animate.

Through practical exercises focused on graphical liberation, define the characters of your story, as well as other key elements, and create your images through a digital illustration. Create the scene using layers, to give more depth to your composition.

Delve deeper into digital lighting and color to develop the images of your illustrated book with Ina’s tips and tricks. See how to generate an atmospheric perspective.

In the final unit, learn how to animate a detail from your illustration frame by frame and finish up by exporting it!